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smn1234 · 2018-07-16 21:50:15+00:00

People likely won’t be blamed. It’ll most probably be a review of process and a correction of errors to prevent future occurrence.

myko | karma 4192 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2014-01-24 21:15:01+00:00

Well, hopefully nothing that dire - I can't imagine this would happen. Likely though those responsible for the incident will craft an incident report detailing what went wrong and why, as well as how to prevent it in the future - preferably in an automated fashion.

jankeymeulen | karma 236 | avg karma 3.37 · | 2021-11-12 06:12:16

More likely someone actually will. A blameless postmortem will be written, and the people that will fix the bug or systems issue will have something to work on with high visibility and high impact, which tends to translate in good performance ratings.

(Googler, opinions are my own)

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dbliss | karma 71 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2020-04-28 19:01:05+00:00

My guess this will lead to a internal Correction of Error (COE) report and there will be some change to either reduce false positives or increase the velocity of addressing them by making some systematic change.

ip26 | karma 9262 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2019-03-14 02:40:07+00:00

If the root cause is straightforward, I would be inclined to expect once they figure it out it will never happen again, given all the attention.

mabbo | karma 38804 | avg karma 10.91 · | 2021-05-10 01:15:53

And when they do, they'll likely have telemetry of exactly what caused the problem. Then they'll adjust, and make the problem less likely in the future.

benjaminpv | karma 319 | avg karma 4.62 · | 2022-09-24 17:16:21

I'm sure they'll treat the matter very seriously and profess that steps are being taken to prevent it happening again.

tacticus | karma 411 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2024-05-06 08:40:47

Internal processes will be put in place to be ignored.

Security PR puff pieces will be placed everywhere.

Sales people will promise it has been solved.

Profit will go up

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logicallee | karma 3076 | avg karma 0.77 · | 2014-02-11 20:57:54+00:00

I have a feeling they won't, and will just solve the problem technically. It's how security is done.

throwaway1851 | karma 389 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2022-09-08 06:28:12

I imagine they’ll think that the problems went unsolved?

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2020-04-05 04:01:05

It will probably not be all or nothing.

They'll probably find a few people who will give it a go. The result will probably be delays and failure. Business as usual.

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protoster | karma 306 | avg karma 6.0 · | 2022-09-17 00:56:20

Calling it now: they will backpedal the next day and will say that it was a mistake or accident.

dman | karma 7331 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2010-07-30 18:12:03+00:00

Hopefully they will let a small team of specialists handle this challenge instead of throwing a lot of people and money at the problem.

alkonaut | karma 22123 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2021-12-25 09:27:08

They’ll be in hot water on social media because of a the automation mishap. Then it’ll be corrected. There will be no legal hot water.

bilekas | karma 3768 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2020-01-16 16:51:33+00:00

My prediction, a public statement apologising. With 2-1 odds that it will contain : "We value our clients privacy" mentioned at least twice.

flogic | karma 881 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2018-03-03 19:43:10+00:00

I think they're planning for 100% automated. So hopefully, poor behavior should not be an issue.

anigbrowl | karma 91010 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2018-03-20 06:47:09+00:00

Zuck will put on the Hoodie of Credibility and promise a Full Investigation. Sheryl will invite others to Lean In. Staff will nervously finger their stock options and ponder their vesting schedules.

Having said that I don't really want them to fix it so I'm being a touch cynical.

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Tichy | karma 16300 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2010-11-03 12:43:26+00:00

I'm sure they'll sort it out somehow.

moocowduckquack | karma 2837 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2013-12-19 18:16:21+00:00

I wonder if they will fix it, or go after the folk who found this out.

itslennysfault | karma 1620 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2023-10-25 10:37:37

Nah, they'll use the easiest/cheapest/fastest way to prevent this, and, in this case, I'm pretty sure that is not litigation, but technical. I'm pretty sure they will be able to filter this stuff out or minimize its impact on training.